STEVE PEOPLES / The Associated PressJan 27, 2018
The investment marks an early focus of the 2018 political strategy of Charles and David Koch, known for their donations to conservative and Republican causes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Norman Solomon / TruthdigDec 28, 2017
To combat oligarchy, we must strengthen progressive populist movements inside and outside of electoral arenas. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Emma Niles / TruthdigMar 25, 2017
Advocacy groups run by the billionaire siblings may have swayed enough Republicans to torpedo the American Health Care Act. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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By Jon Queally / Common DreamsApr 24, 2016
"We would have to believe her actions would be quite different than her rhetoric. Let me put it that way," says billionaire industrialist and far-right ideologue Charles Koch. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Joe Conason / TruthdigJan 16, 2016
Demagogues denigrating New York come and go with boring predictability -- and the nation's greatest city will continue to thrive long after the Texas senator is merely an unpleasant memory. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 25, 2015
An investigation by Politico suggests that the billionaire right-wing Koch brothers possess their own high-tech surveillance and intelligence-gathering operation devoted to “stealthily tracking liberal and Democratic groups.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigNov 8, 2015
The other night I phoned a former GOP congressmen with whom I’d worked on legislation in the ’90s. I wanted his take on something: Are the presidential hopefuls really as weird as they seem? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigAug 26, 2015
President Obama is letting it be known that he isn't on the same side as David and Charles Koch and Big Oil when it comes to their approach to keeping consumers hooked on fossil fuels and discouraging them from exploring other options. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigAug 4, 2015
Before President Obama could announce his administration's new curbs on carbon emissions from power plants, Republican presidential hopefuls were insisting they know better than the scientists whose work he relied on. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Donald Kaufman / TruthdigJan 28, 2015
It seems that in the coming presidential election season -- occurring during an age of Citizens United and super PACs -- super-wealthy political instigators such as the Koch brothers will have more sway over American politics than ever before. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Emily Wilson / TruthdigJul 2, 2014
In “Citizen Koch,” filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal tell the story of the effects of the Citizens United decision through the viewpoints of three lifelong Republicans in Wisconsin. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
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